1940s
The 1940s were a decade defined by the thunder of World War II — a time of extraordinary courage, heartbreak, and resilience that continues to captivate readers around the world. Books in this genre transport you to bombed-out cities, occupied territories, and the lives of ordinary people caught in the sweep of history's most turbulent chapter.
1940s Rezumate de cărți
Nine Days
A soldier ships out, a father's death, and a secret pregnancy force a mother's impossible choice.
Ficțiune istorică
Australia
Ficțiune literară
Istoric
Război
Nine Days
A soldier ships out, a father's death, and a secret pregnancy force a mother's impossible choice.
Ficțiune istorică
Australia
Ficțiune literară
Istoric
Război
The Bronze Horseman
Leningrad under siege: Tatiana falls for her sister's soldier, whose secret past could doom them.
Ficțiune istorică
Romantic
Romantism istoric
Război
Rusia
The Bronze Horseman
Leningrad under siege: Tatiana falls for her sister's soldier, whose secret past could doom them.
Ficțiune istorică
Romantic
Romantism istoric
Război
Rusia
When the World Was Ours
Three best friends in 1936 Vienna. A photograph on the Ferris wheel. Then the Nazis come.
Ficțiune istorică
Holocaust
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Război
When the World Was Ours
Three best friends in 1936 Vienna. A photograph on the Ferris wheel. Then the Nazis come.
Ficțiune istorică
Holocaust
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Război
Toată lumina pe care nu o putem vedea
A blind girl reads on the radio as Saint-Malo burns; a German soldier buried in rubble listens.
Ficțiune istorică
Ficțiune literară
Război
Wwii
Istoric
Toată lumina pe care nu o putem vedea
A blind girl reads on the radio as Saint-Malo burns; a German soldier buried in rubble listens.
Ficțiune istorică
Ficțiune literară
Război
Wwii
Istoric
Orașul fetelor
Expelled from college, a seamstress discovers glamour and peril in her aunt's 1940s theater.
Ficțiune istorică
Coming Of Age
Ficțiune literară
Adult
Romantic
Orașul fetelor
Expelled from college, a seamstress discovers glamour and peril in her aunt's 1940s theater.
Ficțiune istorică
Coming Of Age
Ficțiune literară
Adult
Romantic
Jackdaws
Before D-Day, a British agent leads an all-female team of misfits against a Nazi communications hub.
Ficțiune istorică
Thriller
Război
Wwii
Istoric
Jackdaws
Before D-Day, a British agent leads an all-female team of misfits against a Nazi communications hub.
Ficțiune istorică
Thriller
Război
Wwii
Istoric
Pacientul englez
A nurse, a burn patient, a ruined villa: morphine dreams of desert love and hidden identity.
Ficțiune istorică
Ficțiune literară
Clasice
Romantic
Război
Pacientul englez
A nurse, a burn patient, a ruined villa: morphine dreams of desert love and hidden identity.
Ficțiune istorică
Ficțiune literară
Clasice
Romantic
Război
Călătoria Cilkăi
Auschwitz survivor Cilka is sentenced to a Siberian gulag. Inside, nursing becomes her salvation.
Ficțiune istorică
Holocaust
Război
Supraviețuire
Istoric
Călătoria Cilkăi
Auschwitz survivor Cilka is sentenced to a Siberian gulag. Inside, nursing becomes her salvation.
Ficțiune istorică
Holocaust
Război
Supraviețuire
Istoric
The Comfort of Ghosts
An investigator finds squatters in a derelict London mansion: children trained for a secret war.
Mister
Ficțiune istorică
Istoric
Război
England
The Comfort of Ghosts
An investigator finds squatters in a derelict London mansion: children trained for a secret war.
Mister
Ficțiune istorică
Istoric
Război
England
Front Lines
1942: women are drafted into combat. Three soldiers face the brutality of the North African front.
Ficțiune istorică
Young Adult
Război
Ficțiune speculativă
Military
Front Lines
1942: women are drafted into combat. Three soldiers face the brutality of the North African front.
Ficțiune istorică
Young Adult
Război
Ficțiune speculativă
Military
Beyond That, the Sea
An English girl evacuated to Boston during the Blitz spends a lifetime torn between two homes.
Ficțiune istorică
Wwii
Ficțiune literară
Istoric
Secolul al XX-lea
Beyond That, the Sea
An English girl evacuated to Boston during the Blitz spends a lifetime torn between two homes.
Ficțiune istorică
Wwii
Ficțiune literară
Istoric
Secolul al XX-lea
Wish You Well
Orphaned city kids land on a great-grandmother's Appalachian farm. The land demands everything.
Ficțiune istorică
Ficțiune literară
Istoric
Ficțiune pentru adulți
Familie
Wish You Well
Orphaned city kids land on a great-grandmother's Appalachian farm. The land demands everything.
Ficțiune istorică
Ficțiune literară
Istoric
Ficțiune pentru adulți
Familie
Cartea numelor pierdute
A librarian spots the book she used to hide Jewish children's real names from the Nazis.
Ficțiune istorică
Istoric
Război
Holocaust
Evreiesc
Cartea numelor pierdute
A librarian spots the book she used to hide Jewish children's real names from the Nazis.
Ficțiune istorică
Istoric
Război
Holocaust
Evreiesc
All They Will Call You
A 1948 plane crash kills 28 Mexican deportees. Buried nameless, forgotten... until a song remembers.
Istorie
Justiție socială
Muzică
Mexican
1940s
All They Will Call You
A 1948 plane crash kills 28 Mexican deportees. Buried nameless, forgotten... until a song remembers.
Istorie
Justiție socială
Muzică
Mexican
1940s
Cluny Brown
Sent to a country house, a plumber's niece charms a Polish exile and scandalizes the household.
Ficțiune istorică
Clasice
Umor
Romantic
Comedie
Cluny Brown
Sent to a country house, a plumber's niece charms a Polish exile and scandalizes the household.
Ficțiune istorică
Clasice
Umor
Romantic
Comedie
The Harmony Silk Factory
A son inherits a dead man's legend and three contradictory versions of the same life.
Ficțiune istorică
Asia
Istoric
Ficțiune literară
Război
The Harmony Silk Factory
A son inherits a dead man's legend and three contradictory versions of the same life.
Ficțiune istorică
Asia
Istoric
Ficțiune literară
Război
Untergetaucht Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945
She walked past the Gestapo in her petticoat, then vanished into Berlin for three years.
Istorie
Memorii
Holocaust
Război
Evreiesc
Untergetaucht Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945
She walked past the Gestapo in her petticoat, then vanished into Berlin for three years.
Istorie
Memorii
Holocaust
Război
Evreiesc
